Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.08 schools serve Princeville, 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade
Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs is the only board. No English-language school is among them; in Quebec, 10% of schools are.
Schooling in English and French around Princeville
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Quebec.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Quebec.
All teach in the province’s majority language; none in English.
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language sends most children to French-language schools; English public schooling is for children who hold a certificate of eligibility.
Where the 8 schools in and around Princeville are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Who runs Princeville’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: the French service centres, the English boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one French service centres.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Princeville
The neighbourhood school
Each board draws attendance areas: a child’s home address gives a designated school in each system. Families register with the board, and a school outside the area takes a child only if it has room.
English schools in Quebec
Under the Charter of the French Language, a child goes to an English public school only with a certificate of eligibility, generally because a parent did most of elementary school in English in Canada. Everyone else attends French-language schools.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 8 schools in and around Princeville
High schools within reach of Princeville
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Within 15 km, families can reach 9 high schools: 8 French public and 1 other. 0.4 km away, École Sainte-Marie is the nearest.
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Sainte-MarieSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 0.4 km |
| École Prince-DaveluySecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 1.9 km |
| École Polyvalente La SamareAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 9.1 km |
| École Nationale du meuble et de l'ébénisterieSecondary | – | Other | 13 km |
| École secondaire Le boiséSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 13 km |
| École secondaire Le boiséSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 13 km |
| Centre de formation en entreprise et en récupération Normand-MauriceSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 13 km |
| École La Myriade J.-P.-H.-MassicotteAll grades | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 14 km |
| École secondaire Le tandem Albert-MorissetteSecondary | Centre de services scolaire des Bois-Francs | French public | 14 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in Quebec
Places of about the same size and their schools in or within 3 km, largest first.
| Town | Population | Schools | English | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Du Parc | 10,168 | 46 | 21 | 0.9 km |
| … | ||||
| Mont-Joli | 6,492 | 5 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Pontiac | 6,490 | 4 | 2 | 7.1 km |
| Port-Cartier | 6,436 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 km |
| Pointe-Calumet | 6,427 | 9 | 0 | 4.8 km |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 8 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Hautes-Plaines | 6,353 | 29 | 3 | 1.5 km |
| Lac-Brome | 6,307 | 2 | 1 | 2.2 km |
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 5 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Beauceville | 6,228 | 5 | 0 | 1 km |
| … | ||||
| Maniwaki | 3,803 | 7 | 2 | 0.4 km |
53 of the 144 others have more schools in reach. Of the 145, 63 offer a English-language school.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Princeville
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | English | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeville | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 km |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska 8.4 km | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 km |
| Plessisville 10 km | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 km |
| Plessisville 13 km | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 km |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford 14 km | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 km |
| Victoriaville 14 km | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0.5 km |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska 17 km | 23 | 0 | 5 | 4.2 km |
Top among the neighbours: Victoriaville, 24 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- One school, two buildings. Where a school spans two buildings, each is listed, with its name in brackets.
- The year. The 2025-26 list.
- Boards and systems. French-language public schools belong to service centres (centres de services scolaires), English ones to school boards; private schools run themselves.
- Which schools count. Each school is placed by its address point; those inside Princeville or within 3 km of it are here.
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
Questions about schools in Princeville
Is there a English-language school in Princeville?
There is none in or near Princeville (within 3 km); the English-language board covers the area from elsewhere.
How do I get a place at a school in Princeville?
The service centre registers students for the French network; the address decides the school.
Sources: Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, school locations (CC BY 4.0) · Schools grade in Quebec: none (the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school). · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).